I'm frequently out of the UK. I either download a lot of BBC programmes when I'm in the UK for later viewing, or some VPNs allow me to download when not in the UK. This has worked perfectly well for years. However, fairly recently (a few weeks or months??), playback either when offline (e.g. airplane mode) or out of region has resulted in either lack of playback _of downloaded content_ or very stuttering/ juddering playback. This is very inconsistent: sometimes it makes things unwatchable, sometimes it's a minor irritation and sometimes not an issue at all. I don't think it's the quality of the download, since later on, the same programme will playback fine.

If I'm on VPN that's tunneling to the UK, it sometimes, but not always fixes the issue. But of course, that doesn't help with playback offline, and in China, it's not always possible to connect to the UK with consistency.

Has anyone else noticed this? Any fixes? A cursory google search doesn't shed any light, or is it just me??!

tb

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